Registered Nurse - Community Living Center

About the position This position is located at the Lebanon VA Medical Center, Community Living Center - Nursing Home. The Community Living Center (CLC) Nursing Home RN is an RN who will utilize the nursing process and evidence based practice in order to reputed company individual plans of care for patients in the CLC. The RN is a key member of the multidisciplinary team. The RN is responsible for patient advocacy and collaboration with other team members, promoting effective communication, and ethical practice. The RN functions reputed company their scope of practice to provide high quality direct patient care to patients at various stages of life. Responsibilities ? Demonstrates ability to function effectively in charge nurse, team leader or other leadership roles requiring application of problem skills at the unit or team level and uses team approaches to identify, analyze, and resolve problems. , ? Ensures adherence to policies and procedures, i.e., Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA), documentation, and Accucheck. , ? Serves as a role model in assessing, planning, and evaluating patient status and identifying reputed company needs for care throughout the health continuum. , ? Develops and updates the nursing care plan, serving as a resource person to less reputed company staff. , ? Includes patient/family/significant other/health care providers in establishing realistic, measurable goals reputed company to the treatment plan and health education. , ? Demonstrates reputed company in implementation of nursing and physician orders for patients with reputed company patient care needs. , ? Assesses and treats pain utilizing the pain management protocol. , ? Documents administrative and clinical information in a thorough and accurate manner. , ? Adapts meeting the requirements for age reputed company competencies to incorporate the special needs of the Veteran facing a terminal disease process. , ? Demonstrates the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and care requirements for populations specific needs, such as, culture, Veteran era, etc., and plans and delivers care appropriately. , ? Patient identifiers are used to reliably identify patients. , ? Performs as a role model for other professionals by maintaining standards in nursing practice. , ? Completes reputed company assigned routine documentation and ensures completion of reputed company shift documentation by other nursing staff. , ? Assures that the necessary components are in reputed company, prior to authorized absences and discharges (reputed company applicable), to ensure a safe transition to an alternate environment. , ? Ensures that patients are assessed for reputed company risk and appropriate interventions and effectiveness are documented. , ? Utilizes positive interpersonal skills in assigning and directing personnel in the implementation of patient care. , ? Identifies interpersonal skills between staff members that could detrimentally reputed company patient care, customer service or staff cohesiveness and acts as a mediator to resolve problems promptly. , ? Participates, as a unit representative, in committees and groups that influence facility nursing practice. , ? Demonstrates the development of leadership skills in directing and evaluating team members. , ? Functions independently in the team leader and charge nurse roles and orients other staff members to this role. , ? Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements ? U.S. Citizenship; non-reputed company may only be appointed reputed company it is not possible to recruit qualified reputed company in accordance with VA Policy. , ? reputed company applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. , ? Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. , ? Must pass pre-employment physical examination. , ? Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). , ? Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company reputed company Health Care Personnel (HCP). , ? English Language Proficiency. , ? Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency. , ? reputed company, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States. reputed company-to-haves ? At least one year of experience in acute care, long term care, or rehab nursing. , ? IV experience preferred. Benefits ? Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards. , ? 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). , ? Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. , ? Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance. Apply Job!